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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Steven Lynn Catino.

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STEVEN LYNN CATINO

Corporal · U.S. Army

September 13, 1951 – February 10, 1970

Service record

Steven Lynn Catino, of La Habra, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14W · Line 119

Position of Panel 14W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Armor Crewman (11E)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
September 13, 1951
Home of record
La Habra, California (Orange County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 10, 1970
Age
18
Province
Tay Ninh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

27 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 14W, Line 119

From La Habra

All 12 names from La Habra →

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.